Margaret Brinton Collinson research and notes, undated and circa 2019-2020
Scope and Contents
Margaret Brinton Collinson compiled the Fisher-Brinton Family Papers and included her handwritten notess that add context and biographical information. She explained that she and her parents lived with her grandmother, Eleanor Fisher Brinton, in West Chester after they moved from Glenrose. Her great-aunt Susanna G. Fisher lived nearby. Family stories and heirlooms were preserved by the generations. Among the relics is the 1728 plate [removed to FHL Relics] which had belonged to her belonged to her great-grandmother Sarah Wright Fisher who kept it with her in her as she moved to Argentina and Pennsylvania. The file includes correspondene from cousin Rebecca Fisher Schneider who also researched the family.
Dates
- Creation: undated and circa 2019-2020
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Margaret Brinton Collinson compiled the Fisher-Brinton Family Papers and included her handwritten notess that add context and biographical information.
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